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![Construction of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company]()
![Construction of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company]()
Arizona’s water is drying up. That’s not stopping the data center rush.
Though tech companies are secretive about their water usage, Arizona’s 150-plus data centers and chip factories use a tiny fraction of the state’s supply.
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![An electric bus rolls through the streets of Madison, Wisconsin.]()
![An electric bus rolls through the streets of Madison, Wisconsin.]()
Electric buses are passing a brutal cold-weather test in Wisconsin
Madison is proving that electric buses can run through frightfully cold winters, providing a blueprint for zero-emissions transit in other frigid locales.
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![A person walks through a flooded street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April of 2023, following a historic rainstorm. Florida has invested more than $1 billion in projects that adapt to flooding and sea level rise.]()
![A person walks through a flooded street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April of 2023, following a historic rainstorm. Florida has invested more than $1 billion in projects that adapt to flooding and sea level rise.]()
A massive climate resilience program is escaping Florida’s DOGE purge
Ron DeSantis is slashing government spending, but the Sunshine State can’t afford to abandon its climate adaptation fund.
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![A little blonde girl is on a swing in a playground]()
![A little blonde girl is on a swing in a playground]()
Poison at play: Unsafe lead levels found in half of New Orleans playgrounds
Even trace amounts of the toxic metal can cause learning problems and behavioral issues in children.
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![A gardener works in the garden at the heart of the]()
![A gardener works in the garden at the heart of the]()
What happens when a neighborhood is built around a farm
Agrihoods reimagine urban living by putting food, not cars, at the center of the community.
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![A Tesla car and pedestrians are shown in the reflection of a storefront window in downtown Los Angeles.]()
![A Tesla car and pedestrians are shown in the reflection of a storefront window in downtown Los Angeles.]()
EVs are already making your air cleaner
A study in California finds that even small increases in EV adoption lead to measurable drops in neighborhood-level air pollution.
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A Nebraska utility says that its coal plant poses no ‘significant’ health threat
North Omaha residents, health experts, and two of the utility’s board members aren’t buying it.
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![An apartment for rent sign hangs outside of an apartment building on December 04, 2025 in San Francisco.]()
![An apartment for rent sign hangs outside of an apartment building on December 04, 2025 in San Francisco.]()
Can cities make landlords care about energy efficiency?
New research shows that city and state climate policies often leave renters behind.
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![an illustration of a hand picking a water bottle out of a puddle or river. Along the banks, trash such as cans and plastic bags gather. TIny mosquitos dot the expanse of water between banks]()
![an illustration of a hand picking a water bottle out of a puddle or river. Along the banks, trash such as cans and plastic bags gather. TIny mosquitos dot the expanse of water between banks]()
In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source
As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladeshi cleanup crews are taking public health into their own hands.
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![An electric vehicle covered in snow is shown plugged into a charger.]()
![An electric vehicle covered in snow is shown plugged into a charger.]()
This tech could keep EVs from stressing the grid — and save everyone money
Instead of lots of EVs juicing up their huge batteries all at once, "active managed charging" distributes the load throughout the night, helping stabilize the grid.
